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17,141 lettersMr. Seward to Mr. Sanford. No. 122.] Department of State, Washington, November 30, 1863. Sir:Your despatch No. 157, dated November 10, has been received. His Majesty’s reception, on the occasion…
Philada. Nov. 22. 1750 Dear Sir You are very obliging in your Compliments on my Sketch of the English School; 8 But I find ’tis deficient in the main Thing;…
Tupelo, June 23, 1862. General OC. G. DAHLGREN, La Fayette, Miss. : ; GENERAL: As your recent command was exercised within limits now embraced within the department under command at…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford. Department of State, Washington, November 9, 1863. Sir: I have your note of the 15th of October, giving an account of a conversation with the…
[November 1750] Sir: As I could not make a tour to Philadelphia this Fall I have lately taken a Car’g [carriage] ride to several parts of this Colony and being…
Tupelo, June 23, 1862. AND. W. MOKEE, Agent Subsistence Department: Sir: Your communication of the 15th instant to Lieutenant-Colonel Lee has been submitted to the general commanding, who directs me…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford. No. 118.] Department of State, Washington, October 5, 1863. Sir:Your despatch of the 10th ultimo, No. 148, announcing the election of M. Rogier, has been…
[Extract.] Mr. Judd to Mr. Seward. No. 72.] Legation of the United States, Berlin, October5, 1864. Sir:* * * * * * * * The Zollverein treaty of the German…
Philada. Oct. 25, 1750 Rev. Sir, Enclosed I return your Noetica as you desired, that you may add or alter what you think fit before it goes to the Press,…
June 22, 1862. No. 9. Grenada, Miss., June 22, 1862. I. In conformity with Special Orders, No. 5, dated at Headquarters Mississippi State Troops, Major-Generalâs Office, Canton, June 14, 1862,…
Mr. Judd to Mr. Seward. No. 71.] Legation of the United States, Berlin, September 28, 1864. Sir:The affairs of the legation during my absence for the summer have been conducted…
Philada. Oct. 25. 1750 Dear Sir, I ought to have inform’d you sooner that we got well home, and should have enquir’d after your Health as we left you in…
Mr. Kreismann to Mr. Seward. No. 29.] United States Legation, Berlin, September 7, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches Nos. 13 and 14,…
[Extract.] Mr. Kreismann to Mr. Seward. No. 28.] United States Legation, Berlin, August 27, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 12, dated…
Philada. Oct. 25. 1750 Sir Enclos’d with this I send you all my Electrical Papers fairly transcrib’d, and I have as you desir’d examin’d the Copy and find it correct.…
Tupelo, Miss., June 21, 1862. Brigadier-General PRESTON Commanding Reserve Corps, Army of the Mississippi : GENERAL: From information received and considered reliable, the general commanding deems it imprudent for you…
Mr. Kreismann to Mr. Seward. No. 26.] United States Legation, Berlin, August 23, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 11, dated July…
Philada. Oct. 11. 1750 Sir I have learnt by different hands, that Dr. Mitchel continues in a bad State of Health, 3 which I suppose obliges him to drop his…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, June 20, 1862. No. 78 ; Tupelo, June 20, 1862. I. The commander of the forces desires to call the attention of the army…
Mr. Kreismann to Mr. Seward. No. 23.] United States Legation, Berlin, July 30, 1864. Sir:The suspension of hostilities between the German powers and Denmark, which was to have terminated on…